Varanasi, November 07: Over 79 kg of silver was seized by the railway police from a coach, railway officials said here today.
The Government Railway Police (GRP) recovered the silver from a parcel van of Shiva Ganga Express yesterday, they said, adding the parcel was booked in the name of Santosh from Varanasi who did not come to receive it.
GRP Kanpur had already informed their counterparts in Varanasi about the parcel which was seized as soon as the train arrived here, they said.
The parcel would be handed over to sales tax department, they added.
–PTI